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31 December
On behalf of the Napoleon Series Team, I wish all of you a happy new
year!
Stephen Millar has started a new project examining Austrian infantry
regiments:
Austrian
Regiments and Their Commanders 1792 - 1815: Line Infantry Regiments
Caroline Miley provides a translation of a primary source document
that shows the depth of the anti-Napoleon sentiments in Spain.
Proclamation
at La Coruña 1808 before the Napoleonic Invasion of Spain
Alex Mikaberidze translates more primary source material from the Russian
State Archives:
Lieutenant
General Przhebishevsky’s Report on Actions of the 3rd Column
during the Battle of Austerlitz
From Greg Gorsuch:
6th
Corps: 30 November 1806
6th
Corps: 25 December 1806
Paul Dawson has a companion piece to his history of the 3rd Grenadiers
of the Guard:
Uniforms
of the 3eme Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1810-1813
15 December
Ron McGuigan looks at the British Army in the War of 1812:
The British Army Stationed
in British North America 1812-1815
Alexander Mikaberidze provides another set of memoirs from the Russian
Archives:
The Liberation
of the Netherlands (November - December 1813): From the Mémoires
du comte Alexandre Benckendorf
Paul Dawson continues his study of the French Imperial Guard:
3eme
Grenadiers-à-Pied de la Garde Imperiale 1810-1813
More French orders-of-battle from the 1806 Campaign:
5th
Corps: 30 November 1806
5th
Corps: 30 December 1806
Stephen Millar looks at the Austrian forces at Wagram:
Austrian
Order-of-Battle at Wagram: 5 - 6 July 1809
Alan Callender updates a pair of his studies:
A Bibliography
of French "Staff" Histories
A List of
Material added to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France's Gallica
Site: 2004
30 November
Stephen Millar continues his orders-of-battle of studies, with a look
at the French and their Allies at Leipzig. This was a massive undertaking.
The original document was 47 pages long!
French
Order-of-Battle at Leipzig: 16-18 October 1813
Greg Gorsuch continues to look at the orders-of-battle from the Golymin
Campaign of 1806 - 1807:
3rd Corps
3rd
Corps: 12 November 1806
3rd
Corps: 20 January 1807
4th Corps
4th
Corps: 25 December 1806
4th
Corps: 5 January 1807
4th
Corps: 20 January 1807
We close with a review of David Hollins'
Austrian Grenadiers
and Infantry, 1788-1816
15 November
In our Bibliographic Section we have a bibliography by Moisés Gaudêncio
on Portuguese sources:
A Portuguese
Bibliography of the Peninsular War and French Invasions of Portugal
More orders-of-battle for the 1806 - 1807 Campaign from Greg Gorsuch:
Reserve
Light Cavalry Division: 28 November 1806
Reserve
Light Cavalry Division: 17 January 1807
1st
Corps (25 December 1806)
1st
Corps (9 January 1807)
1st
Corps (20 January 1807)
Another order-of-battle from Stephen Millar:
The French
Army at Albuera: 16 May 1811
Caroline Miley provides us with a translation of a Spanish document
on the impact of the French in:
Benavente and
Its Environs during the War of Independence
31 October
Stephen Millar moves to the Peninsula and provides us with:
The
French Army at Talavera de la Reyna: 27 - 28 July 1809
Another translated article from Caroline Miley. This article first
appeared on the Spanish language website GUERRA
DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA 1808-1814. The editors have kindly
given the Napoleon Series to publish it in English.
The Battle of La Coruña:
Decisive in a Vital Campaign
Greg Gorsuch brings us more primary source documents from the 1806
- 1807 Campaign.
Reserve
Cavalry Corps (30 November 1806 and 1 January 1807)
3e
Division de Dragons
4e
Division de Dragons
5e
Division de Dragons
1er
Division de Grosse Cavalerie
2e
Division de Grosse Cavalerie
2nd
Reserve Cavalry Corps (25 December 1806)
3e
Division de Grosse Cavalerie (January 1807)
We close with an update to a bibliography:
British Memoirs of
the Napoleonic Wars
15 October 2004
Caroline Miley has begun a project of translating interesting articles
that appear Spanish language website GUERRA
DE LA INDEPENDENCIA ESPAÑOLA 1808-1814. The editors have kindly
given the Napoleon Series to publish it in English. The first article
is:
Spanish Artillery
Officers during the War of Independence
Greg Gorsuch is bringing us more primary source documents from the
1806 - 1807 Campaign. This time it is a couple of French orders-of-battle:
1er
Division de Dragons
2e
Division de Dragons
Stephen Millar looks at the Prussian order-of-battle at Auerstadt:
The
Prussian Army at Auerstadt: 14 October 1806
For those of you interested in bridging operations, we have a technical
look at how Napoleon bridged the Danube in May and July of 1809! This
article was first written in 1832 and contains rare line drawings of
how the bridges were built!!
The French Bridging
Operations across the Danube in 1809
We close with a pair of reviews. The first is of a very rare British
memoir, written by an enlisted soldier who was in the thick of things!
With the 45th at Badajoz,
Salamanca, and Vittoria
The second review, by Tom Holmberg, is a novel about Napoleon's exile
on Saint Helena, as seen through the eyes of a teenage girl:
Betsy and the Emperor
30 September
Congratulations to David Markham, whose book Napoleon’s
Road to Glory: Triumphs, Defeats & Immortality and to Edward Ryan
author of Napoleon's
Shield and Guardian: The Unconquerable General Daumesnil for be
co-winners of the Napoleonic Society of America’s 2004 Literary Award!
Stephen Millar continues with is order-of-battle studies. This time
it is massive -- over 40 pages long!
Allied Order-of-Battle
at Leipzig: 16-18 October 1813
The Allied
Army of Bohemia
The Army
of Bohemia: the Southern Wing
The Army
of Silesia
The Army
of the North
The Russian
Army of Poland
In the Statistical Abstract:
Total
Casualties Suffered by the Officers of the Tirailleurs de la Garde
Imperiale
Officers
Killed While Serving with the Tirailleurs de la Garde Imperiale
Officers
Wounded While Serving with the Tirailleurs de la Garde Imperiale
Officers
Who Died of Wounds While Serving with the Tirailleurs de la Garde
Imperiale
We close with a review by Ron McGuigan
Letters From
The Battle of Waterloo
15 September
Another order-of-battle from Stephen Millar:
Russian-Austrian
Order-of-Battle at Austerlitz: 2 December 1805
Paul Dawson adds another article to his study of the French artillery:
The Artillery
of System An XI
Caroline Miley continues to update her massive art data base, this
time with information from French Museums:
Napoleonic
War Art
A review of Alistair Horne's
The Age of Napoleon
31 August
Stephen Millar provides a detailed order-of-battle of the Allied Forces
at Dresden:
Allied Order-of-Battle
at Dresden: 26 - 27 August 1813
Tony Broughton looks at the Armes d'Honneur given to the French artillery
train battalions in:
Armes
d’Honneur Awarded to the Bataillons du Train d’Artillerie
Paul Dawson examines French artillery in:
The
French Artillery of 1807
We have an update to an older article showing contemporary prints:
Russian Cossacks in
Holland: 1813
A pair of reviews from Ron McGuigan:
British Rifleman 1797
- 1815
Wellington's Army in
the Peninsula 1809-1814
We close with a review of Greenhill Book's latest, writen by a long
time contributor to the Napoleon Series, Kevin Kiley:
Artillery of the Napoleonic
Wars 1792 - 1815
15 August
James Arnold analyzes Sir Charles Oman's theory on Column versus Line:
A Reappraisal
of Column Versus Line in the Peninsular War
Alexander Mikaberidze brings us another Russian diary that has never
been published in English:
Fedor
Shubert’s Diary Of The 1813 Campaign
Tony Broughton looks at the Armes d'Honneur given to the French artillery
regiments in:
Armes
d’Honneur Awarded to the Regiments d’Artillerie
Stephen Millar has another Order-of-Battle, this time:
Russian-Prussian
Order-of-Battle at Eylau: 8 February 1807
We close with a pair of reviews:
The Napoleonic Wars:
The Rise and Fall of an Empire
Napoleon's Balkan
Troops
31 July
I would like to welcome a new member to the Napoleon Series Team! David
McCracken will be co-moderating the Forum and helping with editing!
Welcome aboard David!
Stephen Millar continues his Order-of-Battle Studies. This time he
provides us with:
The Prussian-Saxon
Army at Jena: 14 October 1806
Gabriel Vital-Durand looks at the French invasion of Ireland:
1796-1798 :
Trois tentatives d’invasion françaises en Irlande
We have an update to the paper, which won the Honorable Mention Prize
for the Best Military Paper in the 2003 Writing Contest:
Marshal Suchet
and the Siege of Valencia
In the Statistical Abstract we have added over 60 tables showing the
exchange rates of different countries' currency in 1799. In these tables
you can find out how much a British shilling is worth in the currency
of Russia, Holland, Hanover, Prussia, Austria, Venice, Poland, Livonia,
and a host of other countries -- such as Barbary, Persia, China, the
Ottoman Empire, Denmark, Piedmont, Spain, etc. Equally of importance,
the tables show the denominations of the various currencies. For example:
In Venice, a Testoon was equal to 3 Jules; a Jule was equal to 18 Soldi;
while a Soldi had 12 Picoli. A Picoli was equal to 1/36th British Pence!
In Ireland, a Irish Shilling consisted of 13 Pence, but was of equal
value to a British Shilling -- which consisted of 12 Pence.
Currency
Exchange Rates for 1799
15 July
I am pleased to announce a new section in the Series! It is called
Memoirs from the Russian
Archives. It will consist of diaries, journals, memoirs and letters
found in the Russian State Archives. These pieces have never been published
in English before and Alexander Mikaberidze has done a masterful job
translating them. The first set of memoirs is of Mikhail Vorontsov,
who commanded the 2nd Grenadier Division at Borodino and defended the
fleches!
Memoirs
of General Mikhail Vorontsov: 1812-1813 Campaigns
In another first for the Series, Jeff Lewis translates and analyzes
those portions of the Prussian Regulations of 1812 that deal with Brigade
Formations and the usage of the third rank. Jeff also provides the German
text for those who want to read it in its original.
The
Use of the Third Rank and Brigade Formations According to the Prussian
Regulations of 1812
J. R. Ladick looks at Charles de Gaulle and the Napoleonic tradition:
Bonapartiste:
the Liberal Evolution of the Napoleonic Tradition in General Charles
de Gaulle
Stephen Millar continues his order-of-battle studies with:
Prussian
Army of the Lower Rhine: the Waterloo Campaign 1815
In our Statistical Abstract we have the population of the cities and
villages of France in 1810:
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Abbeville - Azay-le-Rideau
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Bacarat - Buzancy
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Cadenet - Cusset
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Dammartin - Duretal
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Ecomoy - Exideuil
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Falaise - Furnes
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Gacé - Gy
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Haguenau - Huy
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Illiers - Ivrée
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Jarnac - Jussey
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Kayserslautern
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Lagny - Lyons-la-Forest
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Marchecoul - Mussy-sur-Seine
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Namur - Nyons
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Oberstein - Oulchy-le-Château
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Pacaudière (la) - Puy-Laurens
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Quesnoy (le) - Quintin
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Rabasteins - Ruysselede
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Saar-Union - Surgeres
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Tain - Turnhoult
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Ussel - Uzes
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Valançay - Vouziers
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Waerschoot - Worms
Population
of the Cities of France 1810: Ypres - Zele
We close with a review of a new Osprey book:
Napoleonic Naval
Armaments 1792 – 1815
30 June
Tony Broughton provides us with another piece on French Armes d'Honneur:
Armes
d’Honneur Awarded to the Regiments d’Infanterie Legere
Stephen Millar continues his order-of-battle study of the 1815 Campaign:
French Order-of-Battle
at Wavre: 18 June 1815
More casualty statistics from Tony Broughton!
Total
Casualties suffered by the Officers of the Chasseurs-à-Pied de la
Garde Imperiale
Officers
Killed While Serving with the Chasseurs-à-Pied de la Garde Imperiale
Officers
Wounded While Serving with the Chasseurs-à-Pied de la Garde Imperiale
Officers
Who Died of Wounds While Serving with the Chasseurs-à-Pied de la Garde
Imperiale
We close with a pair of reviews from Tom Holmberg and Alexander Mikaberidze:
Greenhill Dictionary
of Military Quotations
Prussia's Glory: Rossbach
and Leuthen
15 June
One of the great things about publishing on the internet is the ability
to link information from many sources together. Our first article, by
Stephen Millar, is a prime example of this. Stephen has provided in
great detail the French Order-of-Battle at Waterloo. Within this article
there are over 100 links to other articles on the Napoleon Series. These
links include biographies of marshals, generals, and senior offiers,
images of various commanders, and regimental histories!
French
Order-of-Battle at Waterloo: 18 June 1815
Tony Broughton provides us with a piece on French Armes d'Honneur:
Armes
d’Honneur Awarded to the Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne
João Centeno continues his study of the Portuguese Army -- this time
he looks at its artillery!
Portuguese
Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars
More in the Statistical Abstract on French officer casualties from
Tony Broughton:
French
Grendiers-à-Pied Officer Casualties during the Period 1805
- 1815
French
Grendiers-à-Pied Officers Killed during the Period 1805 – 1815
French
Grenadiers-à-Pied Officers Wounded during the Period 1805 –
1815
French
Grenadiers-à-Pied Officers Who Died of Wounds during the Period
1805 – 1815
A pair of reviews from Ron McGuigan and Alexander Mikaberidze:
Wellington's Peninsula
Regiments: The Light Infantry
Russian Grenadiers
and Infantry: 1799-1815
31 May
João Centeno provides a chronological listing of all the battles, combats,
sieges, and other actions that the Portuguese military fought in from
1808 - 1815. He also gives a listing of the Portuguese units that participated
in each.
Portuguese
Army Actions: 1808
Greg Gorsuch has finished transcribing A
Cursory View of Prussia from the Death of Frederick II to the Peace
of Tilsit and closes witht he last five letters from Berlin:
The
Battle of Eylau
The Russian
Army at Königsberg
The Flight
of the Prussian Royal Family
The Battle
of Friedland
The Impact
of the Treaty of Tilsit on Prussia
More in the Statistical Abstract on French officer casualties from
Tony Broughton:
French
Artillerie de Marine Officer Casualties during the Period 1805 - 1815
French
Artillerie de Marine Officers Killed during the Period 1805 – 1815
French
Artillerie de Marine Officers Wounded during the Period 1805 – 1815
French
Artillerie de Marine Officers Who Died of Wounds during the Period
1805 – 1815
Caroline Miley updates her guide to Napoleonic artwork on the web:
Napoleonic War Art
15 May
More on the French war with Prussia in 1806 from Greg Gorsuch. The
third item is very interesting -- it lists the punishments for those
Prussian offices who failed in their duties during the war!
The
Surrender of the Prussian Army
The Surrender
of the Fortresses
King
Frederick William’s Proclamation to the Army: 1 December 1806
The Situation
in Poland
The Surrender
of the Fortress of Glogau
In the Statistical Abstract more information on French officer casualties:
French
Artillerie-à-Cheval Officer Casualties during the Period 1805
– 1815
French
Artillerie-à-Cheval Officers Killed during the Period 1805
– 1815
French
Artillerie-à-Cheval Officers Wounded during the Period 1805
– 1815
French
Artillerie-à-Cheval Officers Who Died of Wounds during the
Period 1805 – 1815
Alan Callendar updates two of his on-going bibliographic studies:
Bibliography
of French "Staff" Histories (Includes annotations of
those studies available in Gallica.)
Material Added
to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France's Gallica Site: 2004
30 April
Tony Broughton continues his study of the foreigners in the service
of the French:
Regiments d'Infanterie
Etrangers and the Colonels who led them during the period 1804-1815:
The Spanish and Portuguese Regiments
Officer
Casualties Suffered by the Regiments d’Infanterie Etrangers during
the period 1804-1815: the Spanish and Portuguese Regiments
Greg Gorsuch provides more primary source documents on the events from
the French war with Prussia in 1806:
The
Battle of Auerstadt
The Prussians
Retreat
The Prussians
Retreat Continue
Negotiations
with Marshal Lannes
Negotiations
with Marshal Murat
In the Statistical Abstract we have more information on French officer
casualties:
French
Artillerie-à-Pied Officer Casualties during the Period 1805
– 1815
French
Artillerie-à-Pied Officers Killed during the Period 1805 –
1815
French
Artillerie-à-Pied Officers Wounded during the Period 1805 –
1815
French
Artillerie-à-Pied Officers Who Died of Wounds during the Period
1805 – 1815
Caroline Miley continues to update her bibliographic study of Napoleonic
Art on the Internet:
Napoleonic War Art:
British Army Portraits
Napoleonic War Art:
British Scenes
Napoleonic War Art:
French Army Portraits
Napoleonic War Art:
French Scenes
Napoleonic War Art:
Objets d'Art
Napoleonic War Art:
Other European Portraits
We close with an update to one of our oldest articles:
British Memoirs of
the Napoleonic Wars
15 April
The Foreign Regiments in the French Army march on! This time Tony Broughton
examines the Poles!
Regiments d'Infanterie
Etrangers and the Colonels who led them during the period 1804-1815:
The Poles
Officer
Casualties Suffered by the Regiments d’Infanterie Etrangers during
the period 1804-1815: Part One
More from Greg Gorsuch on the Franco-Prussian War of 1806:
Initial
Prussian Deployments
The Skirmish
at Saalfeldt and the Death of Prince Louis
The Battle
of Jena -- Opening Stages
The Battle
of Jena
The Battle
of Jena -- the Saxons
We continue to look at French officer casualties in the Statistical
Abstract, this time in the Light Infantry Regiments:
Total
casualties suffered by the French Regiments d’Infanterie Legere
French
Light Infantry Officers Killed during the period 1805 – 1815
French Light Infantry Officers Wounded during the period 1805 – 1815
French
Light Infantry Officers Who Died of Wounds during the period 1805
– 1815
Caroline Miley updates her bibliographic study of Napoleonic Art on
the Internet:
Napoleonic War Art:
British Army Portraits
Napoleonic War Art:
British Scenes
31 March
Dmitry Tselorungo has written a people on the demographics of the Russian
Officer Corps, based on research done in the Russian Military Archives.
Mr. Tselorungo data was culled from over 1,300 personnel files!
The Russian
Officer Corps in 1812
Greg Gorsuch has more letters on the Franco-Prussian War of 1806:
The Neglect
of the Prussian Army
Prussian
Neutrality and French Perfidity in 1805
Prussian
Internal Politics in Late 1805
The Queen
Becomes Involved and War is Declared
Prussia
Prepares for War
In the Statistical Abstract, Tony Broughton provides information on
the human cost of the Napoleonic Wars among the French officer corps:
French
Line Infantry Officer Casualties during the Period 1805 – 1815
French
Officers Killed during the period 1805 – 1815: 1er - 40e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Killed during the period 1805 – 1815: 41e - 80e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Killed during the period 1805 – 1815: 81e - 120e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Killed during the period 1805 – 1815: 121e - 156e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Wounded during the period 1805 – 1815: 1er - 40e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Wounded during the period 1805 – 1815: 41e - 80e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Wounded during the period 1805 – 1815: 81e - 120e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Wounded during the period 1805 – 1815: 121e - 156e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Died of Wounds during the period 1805 – 1815: 1er - 40e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Died of Wounds during the period 1805 – 1815: 41e - 80e Regiments
d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Died of Wounds during the period 1805 – 1815: 81e - 120e
Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne
French
Officers Died of Wounds during the period 1805 – 1815: 121e - 156e
Regiments d’Infanterie de Ligne
Reviews of two new books:
Rory Muir's At Wellington’s
Right Hand: the Letters of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Alexander Gordon,
1808 – 1815
Peter Hofschröer's Wellington's
Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker and the Secret of Waterloo
In closing, I am always pleased to announce when a member of the Napoleon
Series Team receives recognition for his achievements. The latest member
is David Markham, who's book, Imperial
Glory, received the International
Napoleonic Society President's Choice Award!
15 March
One of the goals of the Napoleon Series is to make available primary
source material that has not ever been published or was published so
long ago, that very few libraries have it. Although we do publish a
considerable amount of material French and British archives, primary
source material from other nations is quite scarce. I am pleased to
announce our next major effort -- brought about by the efforts of Greg
Gorsuch. This time it is a contemporary view of Prussia as seen through
a series of letters written by a Prussian gentleman and published in
Great Britain in 1809. Enjoy!
A Cursory
View of Prussia from the Death of Frederick II to the Peace of Tilsit
The first six letters include:
The Spirit
of Frederick II
Prussia
at the Death of Frederick II
The Polish
Insurrection
Prussian
State of Affairs in 1797
The King's
Mistress and the Royal Alchemist
The Weak
Character of Frederick William III
Tony Broughton finishes his study on the foreign regiments in the French
Army:
Regiments d'Infanterie
Etrangers and the Colonels who led them during the period 1804-1815:
Bataillons Etranger
Officer
Casualties Suffered by the Regiments d’Infanterie Etrangers during
the period 1804-1815: Part One
In Biographies, Ian Hill provides an unusual bit of information on
one of his ancestors:
Address given by
M. Dondeau at the Funeral of General Mocquery, who died at Ervy (Aube)
on 5 January 1853
In our Battles Section we have an update to Tom Holmberg's article:
Monson's Retreat: India,
1804
Alan Callendar provides an update on what new Revolutionary Wars and
Napoleonic Era material has been added to Gallica in February:
Material
Added to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France's Gallica Site:
2004
29 February
Greg Gorsuch finishes his translation of Eylau:
Precis Des Travaux de la Grande Armée. This was an amazing effort
-- with over 220 documents published!
Report of
the Minister of Foreign Relations: January 28, 1807
Combat at Bergfried
Combat
at Waterdor
Combat
at Deppen
Combat
at Hoff
Combat at Eylau
Battle of Eylau
Rapport du ministre
des relations extérieures
Combat de Bergfried
Combat de Waterdorf
Combat de
Deppen
Combat de Hoff
Combat d'Eylau
Bataille d'Eylau
After a well deserved vacation, Dominique Contant and Tom Holmberg
bring us moe on the Almanach of 1810 -- Chapter
X which is on the Administrative Organization of France:
Sect. 1ère
Division de l'Empire François en départemens, etc.
Sect. II. Préfectures, Sous-Préfectures, etc.
Ain -
Calvados
Cantal
- Eure
Eure et
Loire - Jura
Landes
- Marengo
Marne
- Nord
Oise -
Roer
Rome -
Stura
Tarn -
Yonne
Sect. III,
Gouvernemens généraux.
More Regimental Studies from Tony Broughton!
Regiments d'Infanterie
Etrangers and the Colonels who led them during the period 1804-1815
Officer
Casualties Suffered by the Regiments d’Infanterie Etrangers during
the period 1804-1815: Part One
Alan Callendar provides an update on what new Revolutionary Wars and
Napoleonic Era material has been added to Gallica so far in 2004:
Material
Added to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France's Gallica Site:
2004
We close with an update to Caroline Miley's
Napoleonic War Art:
Paintings, Graphic Art and Sculptures depicting Individuals or Scenes
associated with the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
15 February
This week we have several major additions to our Bibliographic Tools
Section:
Alexander Mikaberidze provides an index, by author:
Proceedings
of the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe: 1971-2001
To give you idea of the size of the above project, the original document
he sent me was 80 pages long!
Alan Callendar provides an update on what new Revolutionary Wars and
Napoleonic Era material has been added to Gallica during 2003:
Material
Added to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France's Gallica Site:
2003
Greg Gorsuch continues with . This time there is a wide variety of
documents. In the first one, Josephine has heard of Napoleon's dalliance
in Warsaw and wants to travel there to be with him.
An Audience
with Josephine: 5 February 1807
The next is a fascinating appeal to Napoleon from an old soldier. .
. this guy was incredible! He is one to emulate and would make Bob Dole
proud!!
The Petition
of François Narocki
After the above, we have the relative mundane:
Senate Proceedings:
17 February 1807
We also have the above documents in French:
L'audience de
Josephine: 5 février 1807
La pétition
de François Narocki
Démarches
De Sénat : 17 février 1807
In the Statitstical Abstract Section, Howie Muir looks at British Pay
and Allowances:
Allowances
for Baggage and Forage for British Officers Taking to the Field 1804
Allowances
for Captain for a Company of Infantry 1804
Allowances
to British Officers and Soldiers Sent on Duty 1804
Allowances
for British Officers Embarking on Foreign Service 1804
Allowances
for British Officers returning from India on Leave of Absence 1804
Indemnification
to British Officers for Losses Incurred on Campaign 1804
Allowances for British Officers returning on Recruiting Service 1804
In our Reviews Section we have a review of a new book from Greenhill
Books:
March of Death: Sir
John Moore’s Retreat to Corunna, 1808-1809
31 January
Another massive update!
Dr. Gabriel Vital Durand looks at the creation of the Republic of Helvetia:
The
Eye of the Cyclone at the Fall of the XVIIIth Century:
The Ill-Fated Helvetic Republic (1798-1803)
Tony Broughton continues his study of French regiments in:
Auxiliary Regiments
in the Service of France and the Colonels who led Them during the
period 1804 - 1815: Regiments d’Infanterie Suisse
Officer
Casualties suffered by the Auxiliary Regiments in the Service of France
1804-1815: Regiments d’Infanterie Suisse
Paul Dawson concludes his study of the Polish Lancers of the Guard,
with a short history of this famous unit:
Napoleon's
Polish Lancers
Greg Gorsuch continues to provide more primary source documents on
the 1806 - 1807 Campaigns. This time you will find more a copy of a
secret treaty between Russia and Mecklenbourg, capitulations, and after-action
reports!
Capitulation
of Glogau: November 5, 1806
Capitulation of Plassembourg: November 5, 1806
Capitulation of Nienbourg: November 25, 1806
Treaty between
Russia and Mecklenbourg: October 25, 1806
Combat of Czarnowo
Combat of Nasielsk
Passage of the
Wrka
Passage of the
Sonna
Combat of Pultusk
Combat of Golymin
Siege of Glogau
Journal of
the Operations of the Siege of Breslau
Dispatch of
General Benigsen: December 15, 1806
Letter from
French Consul at Bucharest to Talleyrand: December 13, 1806
Capitulation
of Breslau: January 5, 1807
Capitulation
of Brieg: January 11, 1807
Capitulation
de Glogau : 2 décembre 1806
Capitulation de
Plassembourg : 25 novembre 1806
Traité qui fut négocis par les Russes et Mecklenbourg
: 25 Octobre 1806
Combat de Czarnowo
Combat de Nasielsk
Passage de
l'Wrka
Passage de la Sonna
Combat de Pultusk
Combat de
Golymin
Siège de
Glogau
Journal des opérations
du siége de Breslau
Dépêche
du général russe Benigsen
Lettre écrite
à Talleyrand par le consult de France à Bucharest :
13 décembre 1806 Capitulation
de Breslau : 5 janvier 1807
Capitulation de
Brieg : 11 janvier 1807
In our Reviews Section, Paul Synnott looks at an old favorite!
Waterloo: the Movie
15 January
This year is starting off great with a variety of new articles and
other material!
Caroline Miley provides us with an invaluable tool on how to find Napoleonic
works of art that are available on-line. She provides names of paintings
and artwork by topic, a brief description of each piece, and in what
museum it can be found!
Napoleonic War Art:
Paintings, Graphic Art and Sculptures depicting Individuals or Scenes
associated with the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Dr. Gabriel Vital-Durand examines what happened in Egypt after Napleon
left:
Capitulation du général
Menou: 31 août 1801 (In French)
Another uniform study by Paul Dawson -- with color photographs of an
actual uniform!
Officer’s
Coat, Chevau-Leger-Lanciers Polonaise de la Garde Imperiale c.1812
More primary source documents from Greg Gorsuch on the 1806 French
Campaign against Prussia. This week we have the decree that set up the
Continental Blockade against Great Britain!
Report
from Talleyrand to Napoleon: 20 November 1806
Decree on the Continental Blockade: 21 November 1806
Senate Decree
on Special Conscription: 4 December 1806
Proclamation:
December 2, 1806
Order of the
Day: December 2, 1806
Capitulation
of the Fort of Czentoschau: November 19, 1806
Proclamation
by the King of Prussia on the Polish Insurrection: December 4, 1806
Rapport du Talleyrand
à Napoleon: 20 novembre 1806
Décret sur le blocus
continental : 21 novembre 1806
Décret sur conscription
spéciale : 4 decembre 1806
Proclamation
: 2 décembre 1806
Ordre du Jour:
2 décembre 1806
Capitulation du
fort de Czentoschau : 19 novembre 1806
Proclamation par
le roi de la Prusse sur l'insurrection polonaise : 4 décembre
1806
In our Reviews Section, we have a couple of new reviews:
Tom Holmberg reviews one of Greenhill Books' latest:
Napoleon's Shield
and Guardian: The Unconquerable General Daumesnil
Tom Vance reviews a stunning new work on Napoleon:
Napoleon: The Immortal
Emperor
The year 2004 marks the tenth year that the Napoleon Series has been
on the internet. The past year was a milestone for the Series. We now
have over 6,500 items on the Series -- over 3,200 articles and almost
3,300 images of battlefields, monuments, uniforms, personalities, weapons,
and maps. We added almost 1000 new items during 2003, including three
books (Almanach Impérial
1810, Extrait
des Lettres Particulieres Anglaises, Interceptées sur le Vaisseau
Anglais "l'Amiral Aplin", and Napoleon's
Addresses: Selections from the Proclamations, Speeches and Correspondence
of Napoleon Bonaparte) that had not been published in almost 200
years.
The Napoleon Series also held its annual Writing Contest. The results
of the Writing Contest will be announced on 15 March.
The Napoleon Series is truly a team effort. I first would like to thank
all of those who contributed articles and material to our twice monthly
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Tony Broughton, the Research Editor. He has always been there to
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Tom Holmberg, the Reviews Editor. Every review published on the Series
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Abstract.
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